tv BBC News BBC News January 12, 2020 11:00pm-11:30pm GMT
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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00: urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couple's future. (chanting) hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. here, the government calls yesterday's detention of the ambassador "a flagrant violation of international law". com pletely completely unacceptable. i think you are right. a breach of the vienna convention, a whole range of things. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and manila international airport puts all flights on hold after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. as australia's prime minister apologises
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for his handling of the bushfires, there are calls for him to adopt a stronger position on climate change. serena williams wins her first singles title for 3 years after beating jessica pegula in straight sets in the final of the auckland international. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rob merrick, who's deputy political editor at the independent, and the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher — stay with us for that. good evening. the queen and senior royals will meet prince harry at sandringham tomorrow for crucial face—to—face talks over
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the future roles of the duke and duchess of sussex. it follows harry and meghan‘s decision to step back as senior members of the royal family. it's understood to be the first time prince charles, prince william and prince harry will have met since the couple made the announcement on wednesday. meghan is expected to join the discussion from canada on the phone. this report from our royal correspondent sarah campbell. the queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. but these feel like very unfamiliar times, with senior members of the royal family all making their way here for a summit unprecedented in its nature. her majesty will have her first face—to—face meeting with prince harry, her grandson, since he and his wife announced they intended to step back as senior royals. attending the meeting, prince charles, on his return from 0man, where he travelled to pay his respects following the death of the sultan. prince william will also
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be at the meeting. meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to join the talks via phone from canada, where she returned last week. there is much to discuss here at sandringham at the meeting tomorrow about the future relationship between the duke and duchess of sussex and the royal family. it is hoped that next steps will be agreed, but officials are stressing that any decisions taken about their future status will take time to be implemented. and there are plenty of questions requiring answers. how will harry and meghan fund their new lives and what does financially independent mean for them? will the couple keep their royal titles? at the moment there is no suggestion they wish to renounce those titles. and the cost of harry and meghan‘s security if they live between the uk and north america is also unclear. i think the british taxpayer should pay for the security of harry and meghan and theirfamily. as they do with former ministers. he has done great service, just on the basis of that.
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and i also understand that a young couple really ought to be allowed to make their own decisions about what their future should be and, if they decide they want to go to canada, of course, they must always be protected. 0pinion polls and this straw poll from sandringham this morning suggests finding a solution will not be straightforward. i certainly don't think we should pay for security if he wants to try and remove himself from all of this. but ijust don't see how he can. he's a royal. i think they bring a lot of business to this country, especially with the americans. after the shock of wednesday's announcement, this is a family trying to pull together. 0n the front page of one national newspaper today, a quote reportedly from prince william, "i've put my arm around my "brother all our lives. "i can't do it any more". there is no precedent for what is being proposed, a part royal, part private role. the priority now, for the sake of the royal family,
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is that a way forward must be found. that report from sarah campbell, who's given us a little bit more detail about tomorrow's important talks at sandringham. what they have tried to do hasn't been tried to do before. the royal family works on president, entre decent —— on tradition and doing something a bit different doesn't really happen. but there has long been a concern about what to do about the so—called despair to the air prince harry and before him, prince andrew. what is their role in life? prince harry and meghan have decided to go their own way stop who knows, if this is found to work, maybe this will be a blueprint for other royals, like princess charlotte and prince louis. but we area charlotte and prince louis. but we are a long way off, there are problems and issues to be ironed out and much discussion to be had here tomorrow. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are rob merrick, who's deputy political editor at the independent,
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and the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. britain's ambassador to iran, was today summoned by the country's foreign ministry, accused of attending an illegal anti—government demonstration. rob macaire was arrested yesterday, in the capital tehran, and detained for 3 hours in apparent violation of his right to diplomatic immunity. mr macaire said, he was attending a vigilfor 176 people killed on the passengerjet, which was shot down by iran last week. today, hundreds of people gathered outside the british embassy in tehran, chanting "death to the uk" and burning the union flag. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. chanting. outside the british embassy in tehran today, an angry demonstration. men burning flags, crying,
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"death to the uk". an organised protest by hardline militia linked to iran's revolutionary guard, all calling for britain's ambassador to be expelled from the country. rob macaire was detained by police yesterday for what iran's foreign ministry described as inappropriate behaviour at an illegal gathering of anti—government protesters. the ambassador, seen here next to the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, was held for three hours until his identity was confirmed and he was released. the foreign office said the ambassador had been paying his respects at a vigil for those who'd died when the ukrainian airliner shot down by an iranian forces. amid growing, angry demonstrations in tehran at the government's handling of the crisis. mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. he told them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. in a tweet, he said...
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completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. iran is at a crossroads. they've got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de—escalate. we want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads. 0fficials here at the foreign office have been mounting a robust defence of their ambassador. but they are equally keen to ensure this incident doesn't further damage uk iran relations. particularly when their overarching strategy is to de—escalate tensions, rather than inflame them. those tensions have been high after the us assassinated a top iranian general.
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iran retaliated against us bases in iraq and the ukrainian airliner was shot down by an iranian missile. the prime minister at a state funeral in oman, joined his french and german counterparts in seeking to reassure iran that they were still committed to the deal curbing its nuclear programme. but the country's supreme leader, seen here today, was again defined. calling for more cooperation in the middle east to tackle, what he called, "the corruptive presence of the united states." james landale, bbc news. meanwhile, further memorials for those killed in the iran plane crash has been taking place in city of toronto. of the 176 victims, 57 were canadian. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool has been speaking to some of those, who lost loved ones. for many, the sudden loss is just too hard to bear. crying. families dotted across this country are having memorial events, but none even have
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bodies to bury as yet. here, they remember iman and parinaz ghaderpanah. she basically said, we are safe, we are in the plane and we are about to take off. they texted friends a photo of themselves just minutes before they were killed. the community is angry. the anger here is directed not just at the iranian regime but at the usa. if they hadn't started, this mess wouldn't have started, these kids, why? i mean they were 33 and 3a years old. theyjust had a life ahead of them. well, right across the country today, they are coming together in huge numbers to commemorate those lives that were lost. here are among the iranian community in toronto,
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it feels like everyone knew someone who was on that plane. at this gathering they spent a moment to pay tribute to each of the dozens of canadians who were killed. age nine. but now he's gone. massoud's older brother farhad was on that harrowing list. they've yet to tell his children their father won't be coming home. this has never happened in the history. nobody knows how to deal with that, but all the families that i know, the reminders are all full of rage. of course, we still don't know what's happening and honestly i'm not expecting anything from the government. and others here expressed frustration at the regime in tehran, but added there was little now that could help them get over their loss. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in toronto.
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the memorial services have also been taken place in elsewhere internet —— in canada. all canadians are broken to hear that this flight had crashed. all canadians were shocked and outraged to learn that it had been brought down by an uranian missile. —— iranian pulled up this tragedy struck our community, leaving cities like edmonton reeling but this was truly a canadian tragedy. all canadians are morning your loss. that was justin trudeau, speaking at a memorial in alberta. australia's prime minister says he regrets his handling of the bushfire crisis — which has killed at least 28 people
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and destroyed thousands of homes — in the wake of the country's hottest and driest year on record. scott morrison has faced mounting criticism over his government's ties to the coal industry and its record of dismissing action on climate change. for many australians, the current crisis is a wake up call that demands action. clive myrie's been to the town of cooma. sadly, this is another sad day because of yes, scott morrison, the prime minister, has admitted that he believes the government has made m ista kes believes the government has made mistakes in his handling of all this. the fact is, his approval rating has plummeted as a result of that, with more australians now saying they believe this bushfire crisis is the result of climate change and the government is doing too little about it.
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is this australia's future? the new normal? bush fires have come and gone here for centuries. but nothing as intense as this. walls of heat and fire, 10, 20, 30, a0 kilometres wide. inconceivable. so you could be out here at night and little feathertailed gliders would come down the trees and look at you. used to wake up every morning to hundreds of birds, big birds, little birds, birds on the ground, birds up the trees and there's nothing any more. samantha calls this state forest home, living among the wallabies and kangaroos. and unfortunately it almost seems like an extinction event, because there haven't been any dead bodies, any injured animals. anything living was incinerated. some now believe these fires may be a turning point for australia.
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its people forced to confront mortality on several fronts. this is a game changer. people are seeing the tangible effects of a drier climate. a majority of australians now rank climate change as the top threat to australia's vital interests, above other more conventional threats to national interests, including cyber security an attack from china, or even a strike from north korea. look, you can see where it's come down through here. it's completely scorched up there. kevin mccash farms oysters and for him climate change is a present danger, as warmer waters kill the plankton they feed on. bushfires started here perhaps now and into february, march, april. they're starting so much earlier. i believe it is climate change. the government is asleep at the wheel. and that government is led by scott morrison, who as a minister four years ago nailed his colours to the mast
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in the climate change debate. this is coal, don't be afraid, don't be scared. speaker: the treasurer knows the rule on props. it's coal, there's no word for coalaphobia officially, mr speaker, but that's the malady that afflicts those opposite. but australians are angry and the prime minister today did acknowledge climate change is a factor in the bushfires. but the powerful coal lobby and the right—wing of his party will fight meaningful change. as firefighters head to another blaze, australia's governor general, the queen's representative, arrives in new south wales. he's greeted by the state's transport minister, who says government policy must change. we've got to talk about climate engineering, not climate science any more. we've got to actually talk about how we're going to make sure our communities are more resilient, how we use water and how we build
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the right infrastructure. back in the burnt out forest, signs of hope. a magpie, yeah, yeah, happy. we just weren't sure if they'd come back after the fire, and one parent and two babies have, so it's really good to see. the bushfires have exposed the fragility of life in all its forms. while many are angry now, as the earth gets hotter what happens when the fury fades? that large red sun one of the defining images of this whole crisis. remember, australia is one of the world's guest net exporters of the world's guest net exporters of coal. it is vital to jobs, vital to the economy but climate activists
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say, well, there are nojobs on a dead planet and frankly, tourism is as important and the fact is, these bushfires have resulted in some areas, visitor numbers being down by as much as 80%. the headlines on bbc news: urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couple's future. hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. here, the government calls yesterday's detention of the ambassador, "a flagrant violation of international law." 8,000 people are ordered from their homes, and manila international airport puts all flights on hold, after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun. we'll start in the premier league, where sergio aguero became the competition's all—time leading overseas goalscorer. the argentinian striker bagged a hat—trick, as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1.
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it was the 12th time he'd scored three or more in a league game, also a record. the win lifts city to second and leaves villa in the relegation zone. when these kinds of things happen, for how many hat tricks and how many goals, it is not because of the season to season moment. it is a long, long time. and that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long time. when you can score goals all the time with us, right now, before and then in the future. villa are now in the bottom three after watford beat bournemouth 3—0. they've climbed up to 17th. bournemouth are second bottom. manager eddie howe says they must come back stronger. arsenal women have gone three points clear at the top of the wsl after thrashing brighton 4—0. arsenal controlled the game from start to finish. beth mead's late goal completed the scoring. they stay clear of second—placed manchester city and four points
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in front of chelsea who beat bristol city 6—1. after a three—year wait, serena williams is a winner again — taking the title at the auckland classic. the 6—3, 6—4 win over jessica pegula was herfirst since the australian open in 2017 and herfirst since giving birth to herfirst child. she donated her prize money to the australian bushfire relief efforts. it also ends a run of five straight final defeats. in the zone a few times, played pretty well in new york. just not in the final! again, in wimbledon, just not in the final. yeah, so, i'm getting there, it is just putting it together for the whole tournament. i'm feeling pretty good, i'm feeling fit. i feel like i i'm feeling pretty good, i'm feeling fit. ifeel like i had some good matches, long rallies, short rallies, power players, elements, and so this is exactly what i needed going into melbourne, and it's good, it's really good. former leeds rhinos legend rob burrow said he was overwhelmed
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and humbled as rugby league came out to support him in a sellout at headingley for a special fundraising match. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year, and held back tears as he took to the field in front of more than 20,000 people at a special pre—season friendly featuring current and former players of the rhinos and bradford bulls. 0ver over the moon, overwhelmed, 0verthe moon, overwhelmed, humbled. c 0verthe moon, overwhelmed, humbled. feels ca you -., - ,- . i lucky win trophies, but today was something which so, lovely.
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